This movie reminds me of the Juno, or the Into the Wild, type of situation, where the movie had one steady stream of similar music, performed by the same band. Was every song is that movie done by Simon and Garfunkel? Anyway, it just seemed to me that in any silent part of scenery or montage the words, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme were sung, no matter what was going on. Yet, this is not necessarily a bad thing.
I have to say, the first time I saw this movie I had much more sympathy for Mrs. Robinson. The second time around, however, she seems much more vindictive. You would think she would have wanted her daughter to not be forced into a situation similar to her own, given how it turned out, but then again both parental groups in this movie where very strange, another key piece I must have missed. I mean they gave their son a scuba suit? This is very troubling, and the second piece he was holding, was that a harpoon? Not to mention Mr. Robinson, who seemed more scared of the boy/suitor he was threatening. Very, very strange. I have a feeling there is some symbolism there, with the suit and the underwater, always looking at the camera but, other than maybe being "submerged", or the whole "in the fishbowl/outside of the fishbowl", nothing comes to mind.
In my opinion Mrs. Robinson was just a catalyze for his maturation. He went from awkward-hyperventilating-random-boob-touching-boy to, really-really-tan-persistent-kinda-sexy-man. In the end it was romantic, even though it could be seen as irritating, how he pursued Elaine, so much so that it makes you forget that he had sex with her mother. Multiple times. To me it seems like from beginning to end, he changes so drastically.
I liked the film, overall. I remember laughing more the first time I saw it, but there were still some classic moments. Maybe this time I was looking too much for the hidden meaning.
I have to say, the first time I saw this movie I had much more sympathy for Mrs. Robinson. The second time around, however, she seems much more vindictive. You would think she would have wanted her daughter to not be forced into a situation similar to her own, given how it turned out, but then again both parental groups in this movie where very strange, another key piece I must have missed. I mean they gave their son a scuba suit? This is very troubling, and the second piece he was holding, was that a harpoon? Not to mention Mr. Robinson, who seemed more scared of the boy/suitor he was threatening. Very, very strange. I have a feeling there is some symbolism there, with the suit and the underwater, always looking at the camera but, other than maybe being "submerged", or the whole "in the fishbowl/outside of the fishbowl", nothing comes to mind.
In my opinion Mrs. Robinson was just a catalyze for his maturation. He went from awkward-hyperventilating-random-boob-touching-boy to, really-really-tan-persistent-kinda-sexy-man. In the end it was romantic, even though it could be seen as irritating, how he pursued Elaine, so much so that it makes you forget that he had sex with her mother. Multiple times. To me it seems like from beginning to end, he changes so drastically.
I liked the film, overall. I remember laughing more the first time I saw it, but there were still some classic moments. Maybe this time I was looking too much for the hidden meaning.